A steadily escalating sense of foreboding. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"From Winchester!" said Cadfael with certainty, recalling the foreboding, the cloud and the fire. From Wordnik.com. [An Excellent Mystery]
At the start of the quick-cut teaser, Crockett (Colin Farrell) says: "You understand the meaning of the word foreboding?. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
Many persons have an obscure perception -- a foreboding, which is to them always indicative of an approaching earthquake. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests] Reference
As I said earlier, she brought that kind of foreboding knowledge to the discussion. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2007] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You understand the meaning of a word "foreboding," as in badness is happening right now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2005] Reference
There were furrows in the old brow, and I had a kind of foreboding feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories] Reference
I started at her unexpected reply, and a kind of foreboding chilled my blood. From Wordnik.com. [A Romance of Two Worlds] Reference
For days the boy had felt a kind of foreboding that something of this sort would happen. From Wordnik.com. [The Flag] Reference
I confess to a kind of foreboding shudder when even a clergyman begins to jest upon the borders of sacred things. From Wordnik.com. [Weighed and Wanting] Reference
I can't explain it, but there it is -- a kind of foreboding that I can't shake off. ". From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
Beavers are more foreboding than Crocuses I suppose. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Anderson: An Open Letter to the Captains] Reference
The film's actual message is therefore one of foreboding. From Wordnik.com. [The Karate Kid betrays America's fear of China] Reference
Most foreboding is that he is very much a man of his times. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: America's Defunct Political System] Reference
I always had a foreboding that the protests wouldn't turn out well. From Wordnik.com. ['So Goodbye Forever'] Reference
Haiti's summer is getting off to an inauspicious and foreboding start. From Wordnik.com. [Eli Y. Adashi: Tinderbox Haiti: Could All Out Violence Be Too Far Behind?] Reference
But there's not really enough foreboding to send Cheevers down your spine. From Wordnik.com. [Life With The Proper Painter] Reference
You exchange foreboding glances as the cab pulls up in front of the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Garbage House] Reference
She stood on the porch alone, looking outside with patience and foreboding. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Autumn] Reference
One reason for the new foreboding is Israel's recent withdrawal from Lebanon. From Wordnik.com. [Mideast: Little Chance Of A Legacy] Reference
The New York duo Cults has a taste for sweet pop darkened by foreboding lyrics. From Wordnik.com. [A Weekend of Blues, Bachata and Americana] Reference
The foreboding could become self-fulfilling, if it paralyzes people and companies. From Wordnik.com. [The Erosion Of Confidence] Reference
The fact that her dad recently moved out would be foreboding to any child, 4 or 40. From Wordnik.com. [Divorce Is Hard For Adult Children Too] Reference
It's a feeling of restlessness and foreboding, a sense of threat and vulnerability. From Wordnik.com. ['It's an Anxious Time'] Reference
The diner that was once full of dread and foreboding is now just full of trans fats. From Wordnik.com. [Another Order of Onion Rings] Reference
But it gives him a deep sense of foreboding, and a temper that can ignite at any time. From Wordnik.com. [The Sum Of Dole's Fears] Reference
Public service announcements have changed a lot since that foreboding culinary lesson. From Wordnik.com. [This Is Your Street Mid-Bombing] Reference
Yet the intimation that an actual gene for gayness might be found causes some foreboding. From Wordnik.com. [Born Or Bred?] Reference
Whether you think that's clever or creepy, it beats the foreboding urn on the mantelpiece. From Wordnik.com. [Thinking Outside The Urn] Reference
Buchanan is all foreboding and fear: the Us-versus-Them crusader who loves the "Crossfire.". From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Smooth &Amp; Mr. Rough] Reference
The baskets are "really foreboding and almost sinister, besides being in completely bad taste.". From Wordnik.com. [A Bunny Thing Happened ...] Reference
Today Kenya is consumed by a sense of foreboding about the future, especially the 2012 election. From Wordnik.com. [Kenya Needs a Reboot] Reference
Now that my team has been pronounced a dynasty, I am filled with a sense of foreboding and dread. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: When Reality Trumps Fantasy] Reference
So why do I have this nagging, unexplained sense of foreboding coming from some recess in my brain?. From Wordnik.com. [Marketing and Mind Control] Reference
The foreboding was there before Sunday and certainly nothing has happened that would cause it to recede. From Wordnik.com. [The Brady-less Bunch in Boston] Reference
A sense of foreboding hung over all three towns, and no one wanted to deny the possibility of mass hunger. From Wordnik.com. [How Much Hunger?] Reference
One of the four-stars present offered a more urgent and foreboding assessment of Petraeus's role in history. From Wordnik.com. [16: Gen. David Petraeus] Reference
Is the increasingly foreboding landscape of the island really as Wicker Man weird as Maria seems to believe?. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Kermode's DVD round-up: Clash of the Titans; Hierro; The Bounty Hunter] Reference
WITH EVERY NEW outbreak of a foodborne disease, the local megasupermarket seems a little darker, a little more foreboding. From Wordnik.com. [Trendy - But Is It Safe] Reference
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